Imagine that you run a local diner. In the past, you’ve had busy times such as the lunch rush or dinner rush where it’s overwhelming, but the busy times come and go and most of the time it’s just “running a diner.” You serve diner food to patrons who expect diner food at local-hole-in-the-wall prices […]
I HATE being called a tax expert.
In my experience, there are 4 things that determine if a small business will survive.
Something I always wonder: when a client claims to be unhappy with how their tax return turned out, and so they go somewhere else, what ends up happening with that client? How do they react when the other preparer inevitably tells them the same thing I told them? This past season, I had something happen […]
Tax preparers make mistakes too. In this semi-irregular series, I reveal some of the mistakes I’ve made through the years.
Many of the business clients I work with are either side businesses, or side businesses that are turning into “real” businesses. I’ve written before about the struggle of taking a side business and turning it into something more. Today, I’m going to write about the choices a business owner has with their side business when […]
Rarely do the “experts” define what “proactive” means, but one of the vibes I get is that our clients are these damsels in distress, wandering in the wilderness.
I think I’d be wounded if one of my clients went elsewhere to get a second opinion on my work. The foundation of a successful relationship with any professional is … trust.
Things business owners have actually said to me: “I hired employees but can’t afford an accountant.”
Posted on the AccountingWEB website on Friday: a new article by me called “6 Things You Might Not Know About Enrolled Agents.”